Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World – Episode 1
Our Last Crusade feels more like an MMO world that refuses to admit it’s just the Light Novel author’s MMO fanfiction.
Posts by Chiaki Hirai
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By the Grace of the Gods – Episode 1
When you have an isekai show so aggressively by the numbers, even the cast points out it’s all just a cliche, you can’t help but wonder if this is a covert call for help from the production staff at Maho Film.
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Warlords of Sigrdrifa – Episode 1
Though not entirely free of pro-military political messaging, this is overall an entertaining premiere about four ace pilots fighting to save the earth.
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Katarina of Irodori Comics on translating doujinshi to English
Irodori Comics launched an all-ages online doujinshi store featuring LGBTQ+ works. AniFem asked its editor to talk about the company’s future plans.
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Brianna Slaughter on organizing BLM Kansai / インタビュー：BLM関西オーガナイザー、ブリアナ・スローター
A Q-and-A session with the Kyoto-based Afro Lantinx YouTuber who helped organize the BLM Kansai march in early June. (Available in Japanese and English)
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The Worker’s Nekopara: A call to arms against nekonomic exploitation
Yes, even the horny catgirl anime can be a lesson in real-world inequality.
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Joy in the Apocalypse: Ruminations driving through desolation
At first glance, Ashinano Hitoshi’s 1995 sci-fi world seems no more than a quiet and rural part of modern Japan, but the easygoing protagonists live amidst ruin in what would have been the metropolitan Tokyo Bay. Entire cities have sunk and an untold number of lives have likely been shattered, yet the comic takes solace, even joy, in depicting the beauty of the world as humanity sits back to accept its fate.
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Woodpecker Detective’s Office – Episode 1
Undeniably pretty, Woodpecker Detective’s Office otherwise only begins to scratch the surface of what makes a good mystery series.
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22/7– Episode 1
The greatest paradox of 22/7’s inaugural episode is how much it wishes to tell you the idol industry is full of shit and how much it attempts to lionize the 22/7 group’s founding as a legendary idol unit.
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Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga – Episode 1
Cinnamon Nobunaga is a decent comedy where some of the jokes may fail to land if you’re not aware of 16th-century Japanese history, but it’s easy enough to get and visually humorous enough that it’s not really a prerequisite to enjoy.
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Infinite Dendrogram – Episode 1
If you want a slightly more serious fantasy MMORPG anime for this season, this might be your ticket.
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Nekopara – Episode 1
It is I, Anime Feminist’s resident catgirl and catgirl-respecter Chiaki, and I am here to tell you Nekopara is exactly what I thought it would be and I fully endorse it despite all its faults.
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Uchitama?! Have you Seen my Tama? – Episode 1
Do you like cute animal videos on Youtube? Then you’ll like this show.
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Hatena Illusion – Episode 1
Hatena Illusion spends its first episode ignoring its most interesting portions on magic to instead do a by-the-numbers middle school romance plot.
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Seton Academy: Join the Pack! – Episode 1
Subpar production, sexual harassment, and an abusive and spiteful lead will likely place Seton Academy in the back of the pack for this season.
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Darwin’s Game – Episode 1
Despite a doubleheader premier, Darwin’s Game fails to say much aside from proving it’s going to get gory.
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Assassins Pride – Episode 1
Whereas it could have gone for a more contrived story of a princess waiting to awaken the secret powers within her, Assassins Pride hints this will be more a political cloak-and-dagger tale with elements of combat and fantasy.
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ORESUKI Are You the Only One Who Loves Me? – Episode 1
When two of “Nice Guy” Joro’s closest friends suddenly ask to go on what is only describable as a date, you can’t help but know there’s going to be a train wreck at the end of it. And boy, is there.
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Kochoki – Episode 1
Overall, Kochoki is a fun time, and I like the character designs. Nothing’s egregious, so if you want some very loose historical fiction, this might be a good show to pick up.
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Demon Lord, Retry! – Episode 1
With all that can potentially go wrong, Demon Lord, Retry! faces a Sysphean challenge to being “a good anime” by my measure, so I’m not really going to stick around to see where it goes.
